Hollywood Reborn : : Movie Stars of the 1970s / / ed. by James Morrison.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Cagle, Chris,; Davis, Nick,; Erb, Cynthia,; Morrison, James,; Pramaggiore, Maria,; Schoonover, Karl,; Schur, Thomas,; Wager, Jans,; Walton, Jean,; Wlodarz, Joe,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cagle, Chris.; Davis, Nick.; Erb, Cynthia.; Morrison, James.; Pramaggiore, Maria.; Schoonover, Karl.; Schur, Thomas.; Wager, Jans.; Walton, Jean.; Wlodarz, Joe.
• HerausgeberIn: Morrison, James,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Star Decades: American Culture/American
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 46

Weary from the turbulent sixties, America entered the 1970s hoping for calm. Instead, the war in Vietnam and its troubled aftermath persisted, the Watergate scandal unfolded, and continuing social unrest at home and abroad provided the backdrop for the new decade. The scene was similar in Hollywood, as it experienced greater upheaval than at any point since the coming of sound. As the studio and star systems declined, actors had more power than ever, and because many had become fiercely politicized by the temper of the times, the movies they made were often more challenging than before. Thus, just when it might have faded out, Hollywood was reborn--but what was the nature of this rebirth? Hollywood Reborn examines this question, with contributors focusing on many of the era's key figures--noteworthy actors such as Jane Fonda, Al Pacino, Faye Dunaway, and Warren Beatty, and unexpected artists, among them Donald Sutherland, Shelley Winters, and Divine. Each essay offers new perspectives through the lens of an important star, illuminating in the process some of the most fascinating and provocative films of the decade.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Stardom in the 1970s -- 1. Jane Fonda: From Graylist to A-List -- 2. Robert Redford and Warren Beatty: Consensus Stars for a Post-Consensus Age -- 3. Al Pacino: From the Mob to the Mineshaft -- 4. Jodie Foster and Brooke Shields:"New Ways to Look at the Young" -- 5. Richard Roundtree: Inventing Shaft -- 6. Shelley Winters: Camp, Abjection, and the Aging Star -- 7. Faye Dunaway: Stardom and Ambivalence -- 8. Divine:Toward an "Imperfect" Stardom -- 9. Julie Christie and Vanessa Redgrave: Performance and the Politics of Singularity -- 10. Donald Sutherland:The Politics and Erotics of Submission -- In the Wings -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index